Dollar General opens first Eugene store, expanding chain's presence in Lane County

The Register-Guard

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Oct 23, 2018 at 6:21 AMOct 31, 2018 at 2:11 PM

Dollar General has a new store in Lane County — its first in Eugene.

The shop at 651 Highway 99N, south of Royal Avenue, opened last weekend.

Dollar General brands itself as “America’s neighborhood general store.” The publicly traded variety store chain based in Goodlettsville, Tenn., operates more than 14,000 stores in 44 states selling name-brand and private-label foods, health and beauty products, cleaning supplies, housewares, basic clothing and other items.

The company first entered the Lane County market in 2017, opening shops in Oakridge and Creswell. The new west Eugene store is its third in Lane County. Dollar General operates about 50 stores statewide, including shops in nearby communities such as Harrisburg and Brownsville in Linn County, Monroe in Benton County, Drain in Douglas County, and Yachats in Lincoln County.

The Eugene store is open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

On Saturday, the shop will hold a grand opening event starting at 8 a.m., with the day’s first 100 adult shoppers receiving a $10 gift card and the first 200 shoppers receiving a bag of complimentary product samples. Customers also can register to win a year of free shopping at Dollar General valued at $520. A complimentary hot dog lunch also will be provided.

According to a company news release, Dollar General stores typically employ six to 10 people. Job seekers can visit the Career section of its website, www.dollargeneral.com, the news release said.

Dollar General reported profit of $407 million on sales of $6.4 billion in its second quarter, which ended Aug. 3. Profit rose from $295 million on sales of $5.8 billion in the same quarter a year earlier.

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